Inhabiting the entire first floor of the GoggleWorks Cohen Gallery is an exhibit by artist Robb Kramer titled "Mindscapes." The show runs through Jan. 7 and combines two separate but related bodies of work. The larger section is dedicated to his abstract oil paintings with the other half consisting of a collaboration with fashion dress designer Paloma Soledad.

The two of them share a high-end clothing business for women called Mythaus. Roped off into two rows, the garments are composed of fine silk and displayed on mannequins. Kramer's paintings work as a guide for Soledad's fabric patterns with his signature style evident throughout the 10 dresses and 11 scarves on view. An evocative photo of Soledad posing in each dress accompanies every garment with associated paintings by Kramer hung nearby.

Kramer's journey through art takes him along a somewhat offbeat route from his native Sinking Spring to Boulder, Colo.; Las Vegas; Portland, Ore.; and San Francisco, where he now resides. A graduate of Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia, he sculpted the sets for the animated movie "Coraline" as well as a number of sculpted murals for Las Vegas casinos. Every few years he returns home to see his family and exhibit new works.

His numerous abstractions are bold statements of spontaneity and color with a near frenetic energy pulsing throughout the entire repertoire. The compositions twist and gyrate, advance and retreat, with obscure inferences to natural but potent forces. I am reminded of swirling waters and clusters of leaves thrown about in spiraling winds, or autumn deposits of foliage and branches floating atop forest ponds, regardless of their lack of description.

The artist said that nothing is precious to him, and the paintings are done one brush stroke after another. He works intuitively, allowing the painting to more or less form itself, rotating the canvas at times and making educated judgments to fulfill the painting's needs. He also said the pieces can be hung in any orientation, but to me they look fine as they are.

Looking at a work such as "Pathway," one sees a dance performed in sweeping lines, as if the artist were conducting an orchestra and paying attention to where each tiny note was placed. Taking his time, he deliberately relishes in the properties of the oil paint and incorporates delicate glazes in select spots.

The same could be said of "Awakening," where the artist pulls all stops and manifests a crystallized eyelike vortex of innumerable colors and linear interceptions. Notwithstanding the titles, Kramer espouses to no narrative and compares the paintings to clouds morphing in the sky.

Their surfaces are additionally varnished to a smooth, medium-high gloss that works better for some than others to enhance the color, but for the most part does well here.

These artworks are a pleasure with which to spend more than a little time delving into and enjoying their many nuances. Obviously, Kramer loves to paint and boasts that fact incessantly. This is an excellent exhibit and well worth a visit.